38th edition of Terry Fox Run goes Sunday

The autumn tradition where families, friends, and work colleagues join together to raise money to help Canadian cancer researchers reach their goals is here.

The Terry Fox Run for Cancer Research is back.

The 38 edition of this event will take place Sunday. Registration begins at 9:30 a.m., with the official ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. The run begins at 10:45 a.m. at the Grace Hartman Amphitheatre in Bell Park.

The run does not charge a fee to participate but participants are being asked to make a donation or collect pledges.

All monies raised go to the Terry Fox Foundation to support Terry’s original goal and keep his dream alive

Runs will be occurring in more than 215 locations across Ontario So far, Sudbury’s portion of the run has raised close to $100,000, organizer Frances Summerhill said.

Fox lost his leg to cancer and died in 1981, but his determination captured the hearts of the nation.

Summerhill has been involved in the local event since the first was held.

“To me, it represents hope,” Summerhill said of the Terry Fox Run. “It reminds us who Terry Fox was, the lessons he taught us, that anything is possible if you try, that there will be a cure for cancer one day.”

The problem, she said, is that cancer isn’t one disease. “It’s well over 200 diseases. So when people say, ‘we’ve been working towards a cure, spending so much money for so many years, why isn’t it happening?’ The answer is because it’s not simple.”